CARE Tajikistan Varzob District Emergency Project

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CARE TajikistanVarzob District Emergency
Project

• Following the July 13, 2004 Disaster
• in Varzob District

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• Support
• 126, 902 cash
• 36,96 MT wheat flour
• UN OCHA ECHO CIDA
• US Embassy SDC WFP
• CARE
  Canada

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Project Objective

• 1,321 households (9,654 persons) improve their
  living conditions through rehabilitation of
  affected infrastructure.

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Project Location

• Takob Dehmalik
• Varzob-Kala Ziddi
• Porut Pichandar
• Poshum Pishanbe Hushyyori Hoja Obi-Garm
• Kalon Obi-khif

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Main repair activities

• Riverbanks near damaged/destroyed bridges
• Roads at the entry points of the bridges
• Bridges and foundations
• Drinking water systems
• Electricity lines

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Methodology

• Construction materials and tools provided to
  CBOs.
• Labor conducted by community members.
• Participants compensated through Food for Work.

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• Project Participants
• 13 CBOs (260 men and women)
• Other residents of villages
• District Hukumat
• Emergency Department of Varzob District
• Other NGOs (GAA, CADA)
• CARE Staff

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Before
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During
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After
Estimated time of completion (January 31, 05)
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• Lessons Learned
• Organizational Emergency Preparedness Plan
  provided base for CARE to respond quickly.
• 2. Knowledge about the community further
  facilitated rapid response by CARE.
• The use of digital camera and situation reports
  helped promote this emergency rapidly.
• Underestimation of donor interest required
  second-phase design work by CARE.

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• Lessons Learned
• 5. Adequate professional technical staff are
  needed from the start to oversee infrastructure
  projects. One engineer, hired in August, was
  inadequate to cover six villages.
• 6. When rehabilitating existing systems, it
  helps to have the original technical
  specifications.

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• Lessons Learned
• 7. Progress was slower than expected because
• The community provided the labor
• Work was done during harvest time
• Work was done during Ramazan
• inclimate weather
• community was busy collecting coal to sell (Ziddi)

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• Lessons Learned
• 8. Communities alone may not be able to
  undertake heavy infrastructure activities.
• 9. These delays resulted in need to extend grant
  agreements.
• 10. Good coordination between responding
  organizations prevented overlapping of
  assistance.

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• Thank you for your support to Varzob!